duck duck duck get the fuck out of here goose

The frail little boy

lifting the duck's pinion

to reveal the hole

of blood and the unknown.

The worst image

this 7 year old

Had ever seen.

Flap… Flap… Flap...

It still haunts him.

But back at that moment,

he gladly seized when

he moved those wings.

You'd thought those wings would crack off like

ancient rust on the gates of Atlantis

left unprotected for far too long.

But he picked up the pieces…

He soldered the wing

gave it a kiss,

and pulled the wings out

ever so gently.